At the initiative of the United Nations Police components (UNPOL- Dungu), a refresher session for the Congolese National Police personnel (PNC) has been organized in Dungu from 7 September through 18 September on how best to secure the electoral process. It took place in the facilities of the District Police Commissioner. About thirty PNC junior and senior members in Dungu are participating in this forum on how to maintain and restore peace and…
On 3 September, MONUSCO Justice Support Section Beni organized a workshop for the judiciary actors and Civil Society members in Beni. On 4 September, an Open Day was organized following the workshop. The workshop offered an opportunity to the judiciary actors (civilians and military) as well as the civil society members to reflect on the dispensation of justice in Beni. The occasion was offered to the speakers, especially the Chief of the High…
In a special medal parade, twenty-five Officers and four Warrant officers from various troop contributing members States of the United Nations were awarded the UN Medal in Goma today, 9 September 2015, for participating in joint international military and police operations such peacekeeping, humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. The ceremony taking place at Headquarters 3 of the MONUSCO Force was presided over by the Force Commander Lt…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO and Abdourahmane Diallo, UNESCO Representative, reiterate their commitment to promoting literacy in the DRC Tuesday 9 September 2015 – “I commend the Government for the efforts made to promote literacy, which, in addition to representing a fundamental right that should be guaranteed to all Congolese people, is a development factor. Therefore, I reiterate my commitment to supporting the Government authorities to…
Au cours du mois d’août 2015, le BCNUDH a enregistré un total de 409 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse par rapport au mois de juillet 2015 au cours duquel nous avions enregistré 393 violations. Les provinces les plus touchées restent les provinces de l’est de la RDC, à savoir la province Orientale (152 violations), le Nord-Kivu (149 violations) et le Sud-Kivu (21 violations). Download the…
Uvira, 3 September 2015 – Kang Kyung, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator briefly visited Burundian refugee camps in Lusenda, territory of Fizi, in the South-Kivu province on Thursday, 3 September 2015. She was accompanied by the Vice-Governor of the South-Kivu Province, the Director of OCHA office and the Chief of HCR-South Kivu Office. The objective of the visit was to see the…
Goma, 29 August 2015 – Youth International Day, on 12 August, organized a number of meetings in Goma and Kichanga, territory of Masisi, to get the young people from member associations of the youth provincial Board (CPJ), with MONUSCO’s support, to commit themselves to the restoration of peace in the province. La plateforme avait sollicité la contribution du bureau de l’Information publique de la MONUSCO-Goma pour mener cette vaste campagne…
MONUSCO-Kisangani Public Information section in collaboration with other organic sessions (Gender, Human Rights, United Nations Police and Political Affairs) of the UN Mission and in partnership with the NGO Social Defense for the Progress and Development of the Rural Area (DSPDR), organized on Wednesday 2 September 2015, a sensitization session on MONUSCO’s mandate for the Civil Society women in the town of Kisangani. About a hundred women took…
2 September 2015 - The Team of International Envoys for the Great Lakes of Africa, following its meeting in Geneva on 28 August, emphasizes its support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in its path towards historic upcoming elections, which are critical for the country's continued development and security. These elections, with the support of the international community, should be transparent, credible and inclusive. The Envoys note…
Bunia – 27 August 2015: A team of the project MONUSCO Island of Stability, of the UN pilot project Immediate Response Facility (IRF) and of government Program for the Reconstruction and Stabilization of the Zones emerging from Armed Conflicts (STAREC) met to determine the mechanisms for enhanced coordinating facility which will have a bigger impact for the population of the territory of Mambasa. In the wake of the evaluation mission of IRF pilot…